Ethiopia
IGC Ethiopia produces demand-led, high-quality independent research to support economic policy. Our current focus areas are jobs and labour markets, industrial transformation, micro underpinnings of macroeconomic management, and sustainable growth.
Explore our work

Resilient Ethiopia: Sustainable growth in a changing climate

The economic impact of sustainability standards on smallholder coffee

Can climate information improve the production efficiency of farmers in Ethiopia?

Gendered differences in mobility and the demand for transport in Ethiopia

Bridging the skills mismatches between job seekers and firms in Ethiopia

Considerations for a commercial property tax in Ethiopia

Gender discrimination in access to capital: Experimental evidence from Ethiopian SGBs

Video: Helping young Ethiopians find jobs

Assisting Job Search in Low-Employment Communities

Worker turnover and job flows in the formal private sector of Ethiopia
About
Ethiopia has been one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but has recently faced severe macroeconomic imbalances and high unemployment. Since 2010, IGC Ethiopia has conducted research on growth topics driven by active consultation with local policymakers, think tanks, international organisations, and the private sector.
Early projects included work on the Enterprise Map of Ethiopia with the Ethiopian Investment Commission, housing issues for manufacturing workers, bank management practices, and trade liberalisation and infrastructure improvements’ impact on firm productivity. We continue to develop policy-relevant research in the areas of firm productivity, jobs and labour markets, and macroeconomic management such as foreign exchange and inflation.
IGC Ethiopia works alongside the Policy Studies Institute to partner with Ethiopian policymakers on independent research of the highest quality. It promotes collaboration with local researchers, including building a local researcher network by engaging with the Ethiopian Economics Association.
Our team


Mesele Araya
Country Economist, Ethiopia, International Growth Centre
Stefano Caria
Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Pramila Krishnan
Lead Academic, Ethiopia, University of Oxford
Kathie Krumm
Country Director, Ethiopia, International Growth Centre
Tewodros Makonnen Gebrewolde
Senior Country Economist, Ethiopia, International Growth Centre
Kiflu Gedefe Molla
Country Economist, Ethiopia, International Growth CentreFeatured Researchers

Girum Abebe
Senior Researcher, Africa Gender Innovation Lab, World Bank
Christopher Adam
Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford
Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford
Tim Dobermann
Research Director, International Growth Centre
Simon Franklin
Postdoctoral Research Economist, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie
Assistant Professor of Economics, Northeastern University
Morgan Hardy
Associate Professor of Economics, NYU Abu Dhabi
Niclas Moneke
Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Admasu Shiferaw
Assistant Professor of Economics and Africana Studies
Måns Söderbom
Professor of Economics, University of Gothenburg
Marc Witte
PhD Researcher, University of OxfordContact
Policy Studies Institute,
Blue building near National Stadium,
P.O. Box 2479
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Email: [email protected]
X: @IGC_Ethiopia